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Wed, 2020-04-29
Syed Babar Ali, the Founding Pro Chancellor of LUMS and former President of the World Wildlife Fund, has been elected to this year’s class of the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Recognised for his immeasurable contributions to education, advancing the public good and promoting...
Sat, 2020-04-18
In these unprecedented times, LUMS students are rising to the occasion and driving their focus to assist those who are most impacted by the global pandemic. Mubashar Saleem, an Accounting and Finance student at the Suleman Dawood School of Business at LUMS, is a passionate individual who is...
Mon, 2020-04-13
A majority of the world is confined to their homes as a result of the rapid spread of the Coronavirus. Classes at LUMS have also been moved online with majority of the staff and faculty working from home. However, just as LUMS has not let the current situation stop the students learning, it has...
Tue, 2020-03-10
The Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) at LUMS continues to gain greater prominence globally. The latest QS World University Rankings 2020 places it as the top business school in Pakistan and in the top 250 business schools of the world for Business and Management Studies.   The...
Wed, 2020-02-19
To promote the values of peace, justice and tolerance, His Excellency António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG), at a ceremony hosted by LUMS on February 18, 2020 met and exchanged ideas with the Pakistani youth. Welcoming him on campus were the Vice Chancellor LUMS...
Tue, 2020-02-04
Since its inception, the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering has been a hub for groundbreaking research by gifted individuals trying to make a difference, creating small supernova explosions in their respective fields. Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar is one such inspired academic who is...
Tue, 2020-01-21
Business leadership today requires one to stay on top of the rapidly changing business landscape. To keep up with these global developments, the Suleman Dawood School of Business at LUMS will be offering three new Master of Science (MS) programmes from Fall 2020 — MS in Business and Public Policy,...
Tue, 2019-11-19
Following its annual tradition, LUMS held its flagship Open Day event on November 17, 2019. Brimming with enthusiasm, aspiring students and their families received a warm welcome from the LUMS community. The event provided a chance for guests to visit the vibrant campus, learn about the variety of...
Tue, 2019-11-12
As a testament to the societal impact of their research, Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Associate Professor, Department of Biology at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) at LUMS, and his team have recently been awarded a PKR 1 million grant by the Shahid Hussain Foundation (SHF...
Fri, 2019-10-11
On October 11, 2019, the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law (SAHSOL) held a ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Centre for Chinese Legal Studies (CCLS) at LUMS. The Centre, a groundbreaking initiative for research in and the promotion and teaching of Chinese legal studies in Pakistan, has been...
Sat, 2019-10-05
Fake news or misinformation on social media platforms is a growing phenomenon in the world and can have a profound social, economic, and political impact on societies ranging from election interference, polarisation, and violence. This problem is particularly challenging in developing countries...
Fri, 2019-09-27
LUMS has been ranked the number 1 University in Pakistan, among the top 50 in Asia, and top 200 globally according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Ranking 2020. This is a remarkable achievement for LUMS and reaffirms that students at the University are receiving a...
Wed, 2019-09-11
The Allied Bank Limited (ABL) senior management visited LUMS on September 3, 2019 to inaugurate the Allied Bank Hostel, the largest male hostel comprising 222 rooms, accommodating over 400 students, marking another generous donation by the bank. The hostel is a state-of-the-art facility that adds...
Fri, 2019-07-26
The LUMS Biomechanics Lab, a centre to test bowling actions, set up in 2016 at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), has now been accredited by the International Cricket Council (ICC), making it the fifth in the world to earn this accolade. With this prestigious...
Thu, 2019-07-25
LUMS and the Power Information Technology Company (PITC) came together to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the University, which marked the start of a partnership for research and development on smart grid technologies designed to improve energy consumption.   Utilising the...
Sun, 2019-06-30
LUMS held its 31st Convocation ceremony on Sunday, June 30, 2019.  With 1034 students receiving degrees, this was the University’s largest Convocation ceremony, to date.  Dr. Sania Nishtar, Prime Minister of Pakistan’s special assistant and Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and...
Thu, 2019-05-23
Mohammad Uzair Akram from the BSc (Hons) Economics class of 2016 came second at the Tufts 100K New Ventures Competition. The annual competition, organised by the Tufts Entrepreneurship Centre, draws entries from alumni, faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students from all 10 schools...
Fri, 2019-05-17
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty members, Dr. Mohammad Waseem and Dr. Asma Faiz’s research proposal on the evolution of Federalism in Pakistan recently came out as the winner of the competition for the PERIDOT Research Programme and has been awarded a 3-year...
Mon, 2019-05-13
The Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering believes in the concept of “no boundaries” where faculty members from different fields can team up and unearth novel solutions to prevailing scientific questions. The field of cancer research provided a similar opportunity for the research...
Tue, 2019-05-07
Keeping in view the critical need of developing negotiation skills in executives, the Rausing Executive Development Centre (REDC) organised a dynamically designed 4-day programme on the subject from April 23-26, 2019. The aim of the programme was to manage the complexity of business situations and...
Tue, 2019-05-07
It was an evening of new beginnings for the Jazz and LUMS communities on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, when the collaborative national initiative, ‘DisruptEd: Ideas that matter’ was launched at the LUMS campus. As an initiative that aims to prioritise innovation and digitisation in the landscape of...
Thu, 2019-04-04
LUMS has announced a fifty percent tuition scholarship to all the women enrolled in its Executive MBA (EMBA) programme being offered at its Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB). The School is now the first in the world to offer a scholarship of this kind and has achieved this feat nearly a...
Thu, 2019-03-14
The Government of Pakistan has honoured Luqman Ali Afzal, a BSc Economics 2002 graduate of Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUMS with the prestigious Pride of Performance award. This is the first time ever that the Government has added the entrepreneurship category...
Mon, 2019-03-11
Mansoor Aslam Rathore, a Politics and Economics Major from Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS has been selected as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University, the largest fully endowed scholars programme in the world. He is one of 69 students from 20...
Thu, 2019-02-21
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is pleased to announce that Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) has achieved AACSB International accreditation as the first business school in Pakistan to attain this prestigious recognition. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of...
Fri, 2019-02-01
Lifetime Learning @LUMS (LLL) is excited to unveil Session 9, starting on March 20, 2019. Setting the bar high every time, this time around we are back with a host of new academic and interest-based courses finalised after thorough research and careful deliberation. Some of our participants...
Mon, 2019-01-14
LUMS Entrepreneurial Society (LES) is the LUMS business society, which aims to refine leadership, managerial, and organisational skills across the board, by providing distinguished platforms and opportunities for young entrepreneurs and leaders to manifest their ideas. Out of many projects and...
Wed, 2018-12-26
A cheque handing over ceremony between United Bank Limited (UBL) and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) was arranged by the Office of Advancement, LUMS, on December 24, 2018 at Rausing Executive Development Centre. The partnership between UBL and LUMS dates back to 2010 and since...
Mon, 2018-12-17
The haze of winter is in the air and it’s that time of year again! Alumni from around the country and across the globe came back to their alma mater, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) this past weekend from Friday, December 14 to Sunday, December 16, 2018 for their annual Alumni...
Thu, 2018-12-13
It was an amazing day to celebrate the pursuit of passions when the graduates of the seventh session of Lifetime Learning @LUMS (LLL) participated in the much-anticipated Graduation Ceremony. The event that took place on Saturday, December 8, 2018 marked the closing of a yet another remarkable...

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